From 665ed8a2403161a987c49e1818f2376840723b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?=C5=81ukasz=20Langa?= Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 15:26:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Explain automatic parentheses management better --- README.md | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ed69cb8..8b7b2bd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -340,7 +340,19 @@ interesting cases: In those cases, parentheses are removed when the entire statement fits in one line, or if the inner expression doesn't have any delimiters to -further split on. Otherwise, the parentheses are always added. +further split on. If there is only a single delimiter and the expression +starts or ends with a bracket, the parenthesis can also be successfully +omitted since the existing bracket pair will organize the expression +neatly anyway. Otherwise, the parentheses are added. + +Please note that *Black* does not add or remove any additional nested +parentheses that you might want to have for clarity or further +code organization. For example those parentheses are not going to be +removed: +```py3 +return not (this or that) +decision = (maybe.this() and values > 0) or (maybe.that() and values < 0) +``` ### Call chains -- 2.39.5